Fay Young

Month: August 2010

  • Power of the people

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    Here’s real people power for you. Yesterday in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament we voted in favour of a maximum wage, a cap on bank bonuses and renationalisation of the railways. And, no, I wasn’t dreaming.

  • Out of the heat and into the cool

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    As seen from the minstrels gallery On a brief break from the heat of the kitchen this was a moment to enjoy – overlooking the Out of the Blue Drill Hall Arts Cafe transformed for the night into the World Kitchen in Leith. But there is something else about the sound.

  • Travelling light with the World Kitchen

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    The food miles are short – but the memories go back a long way.  That thought struck me suddenly when I was driving through Edinburgh with a back seat full of cakes so beautifully made by a young man far from home.  It was a good time to remember what the World Kitchen is all…